FIELDS v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

No. 4066.

244 A.2d 643 (1968)

Norman FIELDS, Appellant, v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided July 24, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George Greenberg, Washington, D. C., for appellant.

John R. Hess, Asst. Corp. Counsel, with whom Charles T. Duncan, Corp. Counsel, Hubert B. Pair, Principal Asst. Corp. Counsel, and Richard W. Barton, Asst. Corp. Counsel, were on the brief, for appellee.

Warren E. Magee, Washington, D. C., filed a memorandum and argued on behalf of the Medical Society of the District of Columbia as amicus curiae in support of the motion for rehearing.

Robert W. Burton, Washington, D. C., filed memoranda on behalf of Contact Lens Society of America, Inc., and Guild of Prescription Opticians of Washington, D. C., Inc., as amici curiae in support of the motion for rehearing.

M. Joseph Stoutenburgh, Washington, D. C., filed a memorandum on behalf of Guild of Prescription Opticians of America, Inc., as amicus curiae in support of the motion for rehearing.

Ellis Lyons, Washington, D. C., filed a memorandum and argued on behalf of the American Optometric Association, Inc., as amicus curiae in opposition to the motion for rehearing.

Before HOOD, Chief Judge, MYERS, Associate Judge, and QUINN (Associate Judge, Retired).


ON MOTION FOR REHEARING

PER CURIAM:

On July 25, 1967, this court issued its opinion affirming the conviction of appellant of practicing optometry without a license. Fields v. District of Columbia, D.C. App., 232 A.2d 300. Appellant then petitioned the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit for the allowance of an appeal.1 On February 2, 1968, the United States Court...

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